welcome back to fox 45 early edition. friday morning. as we get closer to the weekend. on this purple thursday. >> they did go to the atlanta, not here. >> a lot of people think this is a critical game. >> it's a launch for the year. >> it's a tough game for them with a short turn around.

>> absolutely. >> let's see what is happening out there. we're not going to see a turn around weather wise, because we're going to continue with shine and temperatures climbing in the upper 50s, rather than the 60s like yesterday. we will be cooler but seasonable. you can see clear skies over the area. it allows the teeperatures to drop in the outlying areas, 38 in hagerstown, 39 both oakkand and salisbury to look both west downtown, baltimore 45 degrees, a lot better, 44 at d.c. at the bus stop 44 and clear skies on average. 53 degrees by noon and topping around the 63-degree marr and dropping back to 62. sunshine throughout the day it looks like. and we will talk about how long this nice weather will last in a few minutes, but right now candace dold has the traffic edge. candace. reporter: we have good news as far as the weather is concerned and as far as the traffic is as well. here is a live look at 95, traveling route 100 through howard county. it's gging to be a breeze on both the northbound and southbound lanes. 95 is looking good through baltimore county as well from

whitemarsh boulevard all the way down toward the beltway, 4 minutes at 55 miles per hour. the speed with only an 8 minute clip traveling through baltimore from the fort mchenry tunnel toward the beltway. look at 895, it's going to be a normal ride in the green from the harboo tunnel down toward 95, 9 minutes, 51 miles per hour there. that's a look at theemorning travels. patrice, overrto you. thank you, candace. 5:32 on fox 45 early edition. after months of heated negotiations the city's police union is set to vote on a new contract today. on the table pay cuts for more time off, a measure some hope will ssve baltimore money. megan gilliland is at the lodge where the vote will be taken. good morning, meggn. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. this has been a long process, but by the end a contract between the union and the city could be reached. inside of that contract, it would police officers five more days off a year in exchange for

a 1.5% pay cut, pretty much the equivalent of a furlough. this comes after months and months f tense negotiations from pension overhauls to scrutiny of police schedules and and talks of cutting officers and in a city that is among the deadliest in the nation. the fop was outraged. >> on to lose even one police officer position right now could adversely affect that fight. to lose 200, it's unthinkable. >> reporter: now since then, police and fire union put political pressure on the mayor and councilmembers, posting negative billboards like the one you saw downtown. while tensions build in the federal lawsuit they filed against the city regarding pensions. it a appears on one front a new agreement, they have reached an agreement that votes will start at 6:00 this morning and go through 7:00 p.m. here at the union lodge. we're live at hambden.

i'm megan gilliland. fox early decision. -- edition. it happened at 8:00 on tuesday morning on route 175 near k-mart drive. police say a saturn ion crossed the median and hit a dodge car van. that minivan was struck by a 3rd vehicle. the driver of the minivan and the sion were pronounced dead. the cause remains under investigation. police have to breakup a fight at a baltimore county high school. the incident happened on wednesday morning at overly high school. police had to spray mays t mazet the stud ante students apart. >> there was cops literally all the way around the circle. it was massive people everywhere. >> two students are now facing charges. a new book is sparking out

outrage over its controversial tiile. it's called the pedophile's guide to love and pleasure, a child lover's code of conduct. it's being sold on amazon.com as an electric book. hundreds of angry book are threatening to boycott amazon if it doesn't discontinue sales. now the colorado author who wrote is speaking out in his defense. he says he just wanted to establish rules for pedophiles so they don't hurt children. >> every time you see them on television, they're either murderrist, rapists or kidnappers, that is just not an cruet presentation of that particular sexuality. >> so far one book has been sold. amazon says it would be censor ship to not sell a book people believe to be objectable. a high school basketball coach innmississippi is in hot watee for allegedly beating plaaers with a belt for messing up in practice.

look at them there. cell phone video captures the whole thing. a lawsuit has been filed against the coach and he has been on leave since last month, wow! a trial for the man accused of killing a cabdriver in baltimore is now rescheeuled. 23 years old robert lee murphy was scheduled to be appear in court for thh death of stephen. murphy was tried once before but that ended inna mistrial. the state attorney's office says that murphy's second trial is rescheduled for february. a 17 years old is facing halloween night that left another teen dead. stephen massie has been charged in as an adult. massy was opened fire on twin circle and shot three people. investigators still aren't clear on the motive behind the incident, but massie is being the harbor county sheriff's

department releases video and pictures from the night of an armed robbery at a bel air game stop. investigators a last saturday two men broke into the store and stole more than 100 copies of the then still unreleased call of duty black ops. the first susppct is described as 6 feet tall, 183 pounds. the second is. model white minivan. anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's department or metro crime stoppers. a local orchard is being sued by someone who said their cider made them sick. baltimore resident was one of the ones that reported getting sick. he filed the suit seeking $30,000. last week the farm recalled the cider because of e. coli concerns. a miami dolphin player was spitting mad after sunday's game

claiming ravens full back lebron mcclain spit on him,,but the top brass in the nfl didn't see it that way. there will be no fine and no suspension for mcclain. a league official reviewed the and reports from all onnfiild officials and concludedd there was no conclusive video to support discipline. thanks to volunteers in chester, a veteran with special needs is getting a home that is just the right fit. the soldier is a double amputee and joel d smith is there to show us how the features of the home will help the hero move on. all right, joel. is this a shower. >> reporter: yes, it certainly is. it's not a regular shower that you can get in most homes that are already built. that is why this is a special shower that is more wide open be obviously. we're talking about a double amputee, captain ferris butler who is going to be living here.

a lot of volunteers made this happen. we have victoria to show us some the uuique features that we have here. we saw the shower, first of all, you met captain butler. tell us more about him. >> the captain butler and his wife laura, it's been a real joy to meet them. they are two gracious people. they met while in waater reid after his injury. they have been f een fa been . >> what is nice is we still have the versatility of this side of the cabinet and the roll under cabinet allows him to get underneath. we do this throughout the house. >> reporter: this toilet has different stuff. you come over to it, and you open it and it goes. >> when you walk up to it, it opens up. this toilet is sort of a hands

free model. >> reporter: as it needs to be. >> it has heated seat and washing. you select the buttons. >> reporter: and you have hundreds of volunteers to make this happen. >> that's right. we had hundreds of volunteers and so many local contractors and you the on of town contractors as well as suppliers, the support has been overwhelming. >> reporter: he is going to get the home today officially at a ceremony at 11:00. it should be very emotional for everyone. the entire community pitched in to make this happen, a free house for a veteran who is deserving. >> that is so awesome and i can't wait to see the features ta make it easier for him to live. >> reporter: it's hard find houses like this or secondary homes so builling a new ooe is the way to go. a special program that exists in the u.s. is the way to go. >> it's a great program. we are honoring heros here on fox 45. one of our viewers sent us this

picture of left side staff sergeant roy gus man. he served in vietnam and the persian war and all of his family is very proud of their heros. you can send us the pictures of your family or friends, just go to foxbaltimore.com and click on soldier salute on the hot topic tab. travel in leasure readers have unplatterring opinions about the people of baltimore. the magazine recently polled its subscribers asking them to name the cities with the most and the least attractive people. the least attractive list.r 2 on nearby washington d.c., didn't fair much better. it was ranked number six in the worst looking category. they think we're ugly. coming up on the early edition, craig's list eliminates

its adult section. >> they're motivated by money get away with it.e that they can >> the nnw website taking its place and the traffic it's seeing in maryland. and the ugly truth is this nice weather can't last forever. we will enjoy a nice day today, though, with temperatures near 60 degrees as high pressur

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welcome to the 5:44. it's the weekend and the nice weather continues in the weekend. right now we got dry conditions on the sky hd raid are. not seeing dry conditions tthre. cooler in the outlying areas. clear skies, and north winds at 3 miles per our. the dew point is at 32. the temperatures may drop a bit. 45 in baltimore and 44 in d.c. you see in the outlying areas,

cooler, 34 in salisbury and 38 in hagerstown. the temperatures are going to climb, but not s warm as yesterday. 63 for the high and today, the nice weather will be continuing as far as sunshine, but it will be a little cooler with more northeasterly flow coming your way. that low pressure center continues coming off the coast but not anywhere near us. the high pressure is locking. while it does that, it brings us sunshine and again temperatures that will be comfortable enough in the upper 50s. fairly seasonable this time around and the nexttfrontal boundary doesn't come through until sunday night and with it -omes little moisture. it will wash out whatever -ainfall in the middle part of the country and the plains into the mid-west. we're not really that concerned for that. we will get you that part of the week and the senday forecast coming up. 57 degrees a lot of sunshine and 10-15-mile-an-hour wind there.

the central part of the state, not much of a wind, 5-10 miles per hour. the plenty of sunshine as we climb to the seasonable, 59 degrees, seasonable is 58. it will be certainly within range. 60 degrees for the western part of maryland with a lot of sunshine and onight 35 degrees for the overnight lows, so a chilly night, though that is close to where we should be for this time of year, seasonable at 36. 65 for tomorrow and we bounce back with 63 on saturday with a lot of sunshine, 61 with more clouds. we will call partly cloudy for sunday, rain holding off until tuesday. and into the upper 50s or mid-50s for tuesday and wednesday with partly cloudy skies and a chance for a shower each day, a 40% chance. it gets cooler, also as we get past that point. let's see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold who has a look at the traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: thanks, stevv. we have a cool commute out there. we don't have much to clean about riggt now. we arr checking on the actual

speeds for you. 60 miles per hour near security boulevard. 59 on the jfx. be aware that if baltimore, it's 7:00 thii morning, we do have the veterans day par said so cloug-- soclosures will be in e. lexington street that will be completely shutdown at charles. saratoga, so be aware it's goinn to take some extra time if you're traveling downtown and around that area. now as for 95, scooting through baltimore it's going o be in the green there from the fort mchenry tunnel toward 395 and eventually toward the beltway. let's check in on 95 moving at 195. that traffic is cruising along there, northbound and southbbund lanes. farther down on 95 at route 100, it's going to be incident free there in both directions. now 295 is calm and, well, et's check in on 97, traveling the same deal.3undel county it's going to be a breezee northbound and southbound lanes

down toward crownsville. that's a look at morning travels. patrice, back to you. are in atlanta getting ready for ú%night's game with the alcons. the difficult turn around that he face. they are motivated by mmney and by the belief that they can get away with it. >> the adult ection of craig's list shutdown. the new web

x for sale. every night women cooe and go from area hotels. police know about it, but exposing it is difficult. we uncover the red light district in sex traffic. >> reporter: the ads appear. >> the biggest demand happens to be in this country. >> reporter: last day in town, come and get the best thing in town before i leave. >> it makes it much easier for customers to find what they're looking for. >> reporter: the meeting spot bwi, an area with transient traffic. an area that has become a hidden sift pool for pimps to run their operation. >> when these criminals operate in that way, they areecoming inú and out of state, they're trying to evade capture by local law enforcement. if they're here for a weekend and leave, they're much less likely to be caught. >> reporter: a challenge for law enforcement and a real concern for advocates.

>> they're not really opening our eyes of whattis going on their hotels. >> reporter: tte united states attorney for the dissrict of maryland says a virtual red light district has allowed this multi-million dollar business to thrive. >> in september, maryland's attorney general doug gensler and other attorney generals demanded craig's list to shutdown the adult service's section. at that the time critics arguedt it would drive sex underground. that page.com has become the new hot spot. >> they are motivated by money and the belief that they can get away with it. >> reporter: maria alves may have thought that as well as the ú%n ho they say police caught leaving her hotel room after

paying for sex. the man told police, he sst up their meeting through back page, but was it maria or someone else who created the posting. >> whoever is making that posting can certainly author it as he or she is that girl. >> reporter: advocates say in most cases it's not the women or young girls, but rather their pimps. >> this is a very well orchestrated machine. >> reporter: in the case of alves court records indicate her understaading of the english land wash walanguage was so lime needee a portuguese interpreter after her arrest. yet where she had set up shop, they found $1,000 in cash, a laptop, a ledger book and two tally sheets. >> they can pick up 10 or 15 guys in a day. >> reporter: in most cases, it's virtually impossible to get the evidence needed to make an

arrest. girls are here one minute and gone the next. joy lepola, fox 45 morning newsú coming up lay ore t later o5 morning news, the holiday shopping has sttrted. >> the products people are snapping up and where they're looking to save. but next, the ravens are playing in prime time tonight. rule the tweet. rule the bedtime. rule the upload. verizon built america's most reliable network to make a more powerful you. rule the air. verizon. right now, you can get a new samsung fascinate for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. only at verizon.

good morning, everybody. here is the first look at sports. we begin with college basketball. they played host to the college of charlton at the comcast center. the cougars coached by veteran bobby cremins spent years. and the jeremy simmons underneath, and charles with the lead and they added to that.

the shooter with the first of the 13 half points. cougars led by 8 attone point. at the break. second half, charleston builds another lead. the terps roared back. and with 4.6 seconds to go. maryland escapes with a far fouuht, 75-74 victory. after all of the hugh and cry of this week. thh nfl is going to do nothing about the alleged spitting incident. there will be no fine and no suspension for lebron mcclain. %-conclusive video evidence to support discipline. unless you have been unner a rock, miami linebacker claims that mcclain spit in his face on sunday's game. they reviewed the video including the referee who was

standing by when the alleged incident occurred. mcclain who ha has to be thrilld with the vindication has sustained all along he didn't do it. >> he didn't see anything, i know i didn't spit on the guy. i moved on from there. i mean, you prepare for other. that is bin behind me. he can keep doing what he is doing, man. flagged for roughing the path on sunday but the reet of the game was good enough to honored by the nfl. the defensive tackle was named the player of the week. and the ravens 26-win ovee the dolphins. he leads the team and his 44th tackle ranked 3rd on the team. bruce cunningham, fox 45 morning news. no matter where you're from, we're looking for you ravens fans to show us photos showing off your purple pride.

go to foxbaltimore.com and click on the community features section. coming up on the 6:00 hour, caa ripken junior issues a challenge to students across the country. how the baseball ledg legend is hoping kids will step up to the plate. and the city police union set to vote on a new contract today. i'm megan gilliland, the cuts to be made if it paases. from this huge open shower ú% this automatic toilet, thh stuff is pretty cool, but also